Two officials in charge of cultural affairs in China lost their jobs after “restoring” 270-year-old Buddhist frescoes by painting over them with cartoon-like murals, the BBC reports.

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire.

JI'NAN - Two Chinese media firms have signed an agreement with the Chinese Confucius Foundation to make a cartoon series on the ancient ... characters' images three-dimensional backgrounds were ...